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YWCA’s Week Without Violence is an annual global campaign held during the third week of October every year. For over 25 years, this campaign has been dedicated to raising awareness, promoting change, and enabling positive action to end violence against women, young women, and girls in all their diversity. Join us from October 16-21, 2023, ...

In a heartwarming revival of a tradition that spans over two decades, the World YWCA recently welcomed the Nagasaki and Hiroshima Peace Messengers back to its premises. After an absence of three years due to the challenges posed by the global pandemic, this visit marked a significant moment of reconnection, reflection, and a renewed commitment ...

RiseUp! Is an eight-episode podcast series providing you with resources for advocacy and training, because we believe that growing feminist leadership is one of the most powerful ways to effect change for this planet. Each episode features thought-provoking interviews with feminist activists and leaders from around the world, and focuses on a feminist theme relevant ...

Every year on April 24, YWCAs worldwide celebrate World YWCA Day. This year, for #WorldYWCADay2023, we highlight the power of YWCA safe spaces to build community and advance human rights. We invite all #YWCALeaders to join the global celebration under the theme: “Every Safe Space Has a Story.” As one of the oldest and largest feminist, ...

This year marked the 67th session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW67) and NGO-CSW forum which took place at the United Nations Headquarters, in New York for two weeks. Being hosted physically after a gap of three years due to COVID-19 pandemic and associated travel restrictions, it was heartening to note that ...

Since 1904, the World YWCA and World YMCA have traditionally collaborated together for the World Week of Prayer and World Fellowship. Celebrated each year on the second week of November, both organisations join efforts to produce a booklet with a theme, a set of bible studies for each day, and an annual bible reading plan ...

On August 12 every year, the world celebrates the International Youth Day (IYD), an occasion to spotlight the transformative power of youth in changing our world for the better. This year IYD is celebrated  under the theme “Intergenerational solidarity: Creating a World for All Ages“[1] in contribution to the achievement of the sustainable development goals (SDGs) by ...

“When young women have the space support to rise, they do so. When they have the space to practice the leadership & make change happen, they do so“ August 4, 2022: Women leaders from across the Asia-Pacific region gathered in Bangkok, Thailand to formally launch the RiseUp! young women leadership and advocacy initiative. Commencing in ...

Global Youth Mobilization initiative team meets in Geneva to reinforce the commitment and collaboration of Big Six Youth Organisations and World Health organisation In the second week of May, CEOs, youth representatives and project team members from Big Six youth organisations, and colleagues from World Health Organisation and UN Foundation, leading the Global Youth Mobilization ...